Music Listening Practice and Techniques for Beginners

Practice listening easily in just 15 minutes a day! This book selects 2-minute passages with moderate difficulty, suitable for beginners. Through four stages of “pre-listening — catching keywords — understanding sentence by sentence — overall retelling,” learners gradually comprehend more than 90% of the content. Consistent practice leads to qualitative improvements, significantly boosting your English listening skills! Below is a selection of listening materials for beginners and lower-intermediate learners, compiled by the editor of qicai.net.

My family is very musical. My father plays the guitar. He plays in a band. The band plays country music. My mother is a singer in the band. She also plays the piano. I took the flute in music class at school. I play the flute in the school band. I also sing in the school choir. I have a low voice. My sister has a high voice. She is a soprano.

At home I like to practice the drums, but my mother says that it's too loud. Sometimes I play so loudly that I break a drumstick. I practice whenever she goes out. I would like to be in a rock band. Some of my friends and I are thinking of starting our own rock band.

My sister is a very good piano player. She has won many awards at music festivals. She likes to play classical music, but sometimes I get her to play rock music with me. She is also a very good singer. I like to sing with her. We sing in harmony.

I listen to music all the time on the radio. I know a lot of songs. I can sing along with most of the songs that come on the radio. I memorize the lyrics of the songs. My sister and I sometimes get together and sing our favorite songs. Maybe someday we will start our own rock band and I will be the drummer.